Bar-fixture.



W. G. THAU.

BAR FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.23,1913.

1,0'71,1 14. Patented Aug". 26, 1913.

llNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM G. TI-IAU, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, .ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES HERMANN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BAR-FIXTURE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM Cr. TI-IAU, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bar-Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to bars, and particularly to bars from which foaming beverages, such as beer, are dispensed. A bar of this sort is usually provided on the inner side with a cooling box in which are located pipe coils connected with beer kegs. The beer is drawn from faucets which project from the inner face of the cooling box and are connected with the coils. Ordinarily a perforated plate is arranged on the top of the cooling box and when the glasses are filled they are placed upon this plate to drain. \Vith this arrangement the excess of foam is never completely removed from the glasses, with the result that the glasses are 1 uncleanly and sticky to handle and soil the bar, making the latter unsanitary and very quickly destroying its finish.

The object of my invention is to provide, in connection with a bar, a shallow rinsing pan over which a thin stream of water is constantly passed. The glasses, when filled, are set into this pan. If there is any excess of foam it is carried. away by the water, the bottom of the glass being Washed in this manner.

I am aware that a form of water trough for Washing beer glasses after they have been filled has been proposed; but the suggested construction is not a practical or desirable one and I understand that it has not been used to any extent. The construction 1 herein described and shown meets practical requirements by providing for the flow through the rinsing pan of a relatively small volume of water, so as to avoid waste; by employing certain devices for feeding and controlling the water supply which serve to distribute the water in a thin, even film or stream, covering the entire surface of the pan from side to side, and which are so constructed that they will not be clogged at any point even if the water is dirty or oily; by the provision of means for discharging the water noiselessly from the pan and without back How at any point; and by means of such other novel and improved Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 23, 1913.

Patented Aug. 26, 1913.

Serial No. 743,855.

features of construction as will. be hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure 1 is a view, in perspective, of a bar of ordinary construction, with my improved fixture connected therewith, the view being taken from the inner side of the bar; Fig. 2, a longitudinal sectional view taken through the fixture, and Figs. 8 and 1 are sectional views taken on lines 33 and 11 respectively of Fig. 2.

Like characters of reference designate like parts in the several figures of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing, A designates a bar of ordinary construction, B the cooling box in which the coils connected with the beer kegs are located, C the faucets and D a trough or receptacle arranged under the faucets.

The rinsing pan of my invention, designated as a whole by the letter E, is designed so as to fit over the cooling box. It is pref erably made up of the following parts although the construction might be modified without departure from my invention: The bottom and sides are composed of a single sheet of metal 10 bent and formed as best shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the bottom being preferably formed with a series of longitudinal corrugations 11. The forward side is shaped so as to form a bead 12 and a flange 13, the latter bearing against the front upper edge of the cooling box. The inner edges of the sheet of metal are bent up so as to provide stiffening flanges 11 and the structure is also preferably stiffened by the transverse struts 15. 16 designates an end piece at one end of the pan preferably formed with a flange 17 overlapping one end face of the cooling box, and 18 a funnelshaped member at the other end of the pan, the members 16 and 18 being formed with horizontal. flanges 19 and 20 respectively, adapted to bear on the top of the cooling box. Connected with the funnel 18 is an outlet pipe 21 which preferably delivers into the trough D. The water enters the pan through a pipe 22 which may be connected with any suitable supply of water. at this end of the pan is an obliquely disposed plate 23, the lower edge of which extends down upon or close to the corrugated bottom of the pan providing a water reservoir opening into the pan through a narrow orifice or series of orifices 24 extending from one side of the pan to the other. \Vithin this reservoir, and directly in front of the inlet pipe 22, is a baffleplate 25. At the other end of the pan is a dam 26, the outer face 27 of which is oblique to the bottom of the pan, with its lower edge fitted over the rounded edge 28 of the bottom. The inner face 29 of the dam is a plane surface, except at the sides, and makes an obtuse angle with the face 27. By these arrangements the water is fed int-o and through the pan in a thin stream which is evenly distributed from side to side thereof, the inflow being no greater at the middle of the pan than at the sides.

The gradual slope of the inner face 29 of the dam prevents any back water. The slope and configuration of the outer side of the dam makes the discharge of the water into the nozzle noiseless. The devices for feeding the water into the pans are so constructed that while the volume of water delivered is small, the water orifice or orifices will not be clogged even though the water is somewhat dirty. The bottom of the pan is corrugated in order that the water may flow under the bottom of the glasses and wash the same. The corrugations also prevent the glasses from sticking.

I claim:

1. The combination with a bar, of a rinsing pan for glasses provided at one end with a water reservoir opening into the pan at the bottom through an elongated orifice extending across the pan from side to side, a water supply pipe leading into the reservoir, a baffie plate arranged between the sup ply pipe and said orifice, and a discharge pipe at the other end of said pan.

2. The combination with a bar, of a rinsing pan for glasses provided at one end with a water reservoir having a discharge orifice at its bottom, a supply pipe leading into said reservoir, a baffle plate arranged between the supply pipe and said orifice, and a discharge pipe at the other end of said pan.

3. The combination with a bar, of a rinsing pan for glasses provided at one end with a plate disposed obliquely with respect to the bottom of the pan, with its lower and inner edge ext-ending close thereto so as to provide a water reservoir communicating with the pan through an elongated orifice extending from side to side thereof, a water supply pipe leading ,into said reservoir, a bafiie plate arranged between said water supply pipe and said orifice so as to equally distribute the water, and a discharge pipe at the other end of said pan.

4. The combination with a bar, of a rinsing pan for glasses provided at one end with water feeding and distributing means and at the other end with a discharge funnel and with a dam, the face of which on the side of the funnel is oblique with respect to the bottom of the pan, for the purpose specified, the inner face of said dam being substantially flat and making an obtuse angle with said outer face.

5. The combination with a bar, of a rinsing pan for glasses provided on the under side with flanges adapted to fit over the ordinary bar cooling box, the bottom of which pan is formed with longitudinal corrugations, an obliquely disposed plate at one end of the pan, the inner and lower edge of which extends close to the bottom of the pan so as to provide a narrow, elongated water orifice, a pipe leading through the end of said pan into the space between said oblique plate and the end of the pan, a baffie plate projecting upwardly from the bottom of the pan between said pipe and said water orifice, a discharge funnel at the other end of said pan, the mouth of which extends from side to side of the pan, and a dam at the discharge end of the pan having substantially fiat inclined surfaces which are arranged at an obtuse angle to each other, substantially as described.

WILLIAIVI G. THAT].

W itncsses G. Y. SKINNER, L. A. FALKENBERG.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

Correction in It is hereby certified that the name of the assignee in Letters Patent No. 1,071,114,

granted August 26, 1913, upon the application of William G. Then, of Chicago,

Illinois, for an improvement in Bar-Fixtures, was erroneously written and printed Charles Hermann Whereas said name should have been written and printed Ohm-Z68 H'errmamz, as shown by the records of assignments in this office; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Ofiice.

Signed and sealed this 28th day of October, A. D. 1913.

[SEAL] THOMAS EWING,

Commissioner of Patents.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,071,1H, granted August 26, 1913, upon the application of William G. Than, or Chicago, Illinois, for an improvement in Bar-Fixtures, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 1, line 50, for the Word oilyread wily; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the ease in the Patent ()tfiee Signed and sealed this 7th day of October, A. D., 1913.

R. T. FRAZIER,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

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